vilakins | 30 Days Of Fan Fiction: Day 13

13 – Do you prefer canon or fanon when you write? Has writing fanfic for a fandom changed the way you see some or even all of the original source material?

I prefer to stay with canon unless I'm writing an AU, but anyway I assume that fanon is merely adding to canon so I can pick and choose what I want to use (like Vila being a vegetarian: yes, Avon loving ice cream: yes, Avon being allergic to half the substances in the universe: no). I do also like to create my own fanon like Vila's mother Jandy and Soolin's sister Ilka.

I'm not sure if writing has ever changed my opinion of a fandom, but I can certainly interpret what's on the screen or page in different ways. I've had a lot of fun in b7friday doing that.

Rest of the questions

14 – Ratings: how high are you comfortable with going? Have you ever written higher? If you're comfortable with NC-17, have you ever been shocked by finding that the story you're writing is G-rated instead?

15 – What do you feel it most important to warn for, and what's the strangest thing you've warned for in a fic?

16 – Summaries: do you like them or hate them? How do you come up with them, if you use them?

17 – Titles: are they the bane of your existence, or the easiest part of the fic? Also, if you do chaptered fic, do you give each chapter a title, or not?

18 – Where do you get the most inspiration or ideas for your fics?

19 – When you have plot ideas, do you sit down and start writing right away, or do you write down the idea for further use?

20 – Do you ever get ideas from other people's stories or art in the same fandom?

21 – Have you ever written a sequel to a fic you wrote, and if so, why? If not, how do you feel about sequels?

22 – Have you ever participated in a fest, ficathon, or a Big Bang? If so, write about your favourite experience in relation to one. If not, are there any you've thought about doing? And if not, why not?

23 – When you post, where do you post to? Just your journal? Just an archive? Your own personal site?

24 – How many betas do you like to use to make sure there aren't any major flaws in your fic? Do you have a beta horror story or dream story?

25 – Do you listen to music while you write? Do you make playlists to get into a certain "mood" to write your fic? Do you need noise in general? Or do you need it completely quiet?

26 – What is the oddest (or most fun) thing you've had to research for a fic?

27 – Where is your favourite place to write, and do you write by hand or on the computer?

28 – Have you ever collaborated with anyone else, whether writing together, or having an artist work on a piece about your fic?

29 – What is your current project or projects?

30 – Do you have a favourite fic you've written? What makes it your favourite? And don't forget to give us a link!

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Write it! I'd really like to read that. Did Dayna join them as well?

Yes, she did--Freudian slip, because I don't like her much.

Naturally, without Gareth Thomas the BBC was short one Blake, but I honestly think he'd return to the Liberator, it was such an asset to The Cause. However, I also think that the whole experience would have shaken Blake up to the point that he would want to fill *all* the empty rooms with people who'd want to help reconstruct the Federation in the name of Truth, Justice, and Honest Men Being Able to Think and Speak. I'd never be able to keep track of a story with hordes of OCs!

I don't like her much either, though she and Tarrant mellowed a lot in S4. I've seen B7 fandom accused of racism when really it's just her personality. She started well but her bullying and sneering was very unattractive. People dislike Tarrant for much the same reasons.

The Mellanbys would all be assets though. I think that would work really well.

I was thinking of calling the story "Two Cooks in One Kitchen," because I suppose Jenna would like being able to get a full night's sleep occasionally, but she wouldn't want Tarrant bonding with *her* Zen!

She doesn't have to let him know it's an option! We saw Avon and Vila also fly the Liberator separately so I think the purpose was more to let Zen know their good intentions. Which I put into the story I'm about to post. :-) Anyway it seems that merely telling Zen their name and having them speak for voice recognition was enough, as in Power play I think it was?

Besides Tarrant might make Zen change his mind if he let Zen take a close look. He's still fairly Federation.

I bet that his insider knowledge of Space Command operations would protect him against various persons' desire to teleport him without coordinates...

It's been awhile since I saw PowerPlay, but I think the point there was to keep Zen from ordering the ship to attack Tarrant and/or Dayna, not to give them the kind of person-to-ship bond that Jenna has. I mean, there are plenty of people who wouldn't try to shoot you but who wouldn't marry (or shag) you either.

I agree it wasn't the Jenna-Zen bond, but it seems one doesn't need that to fly the ship.

Hmmm, considering that conflict is often thought necessary to story construction...I bet that Tarrant would Create if he didn't get full piloting privileges, not that the ship wouldn't go without them. And Blake would have to find a way to smooth the ruffled feathers.

He certainly would if someone told him about it or let it slip in his hearing. ;-)

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